Biography of Alfred Binet: – A French pedagogue and psychologist whose works stimulated experimental psychology and made it a fundamental instrument for educational development. He started law studies, but was attracted by the work on the hypnosis of his compatriot Jean-Martin Charcot. Biography of Alfred Binet Born:- 8 July 1857, Nice, France Died:- 18 October 1911, Paris, France Known for:- Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales; Binet–Simon test Education:- University of Paris Spouse:- Laure Balbiani He left the legal profession
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Biography of John Dos Passos: – American narrator, a member of the so-called Lost Generation. It was made famous mainly by Manhattan Transfer, a work that, with its panoramic and objective view of the city, led an important urban current of the contemporary novel. Biography of John Dos Passos Born:- 14 January 1896, Chicago, Illinois, United States died:- 28 September 1970, Baltimore, Maryland, United States spouse:- Elizabeth Hamlyn Holdridge (m. 1949–1970), Katharine Smith (m. 1929–1947) Movies:- The Spanish Earth, The
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Biography of Richard Buckminster Fuller: – American architect who became world famous for his invention of the so-called geodesic dome, of which there are more than a hundred thousand worldwide. His limited professional training, limited essentially to studies at Harvard University between 1913 and 1915, and did not allow him to define himself as an architect in the strict sense of the word. However, his work is linked in a
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Biography of Mario de Andrade: – Brazilian poet, researcher and critic, outstanding figure of modernism in his country for his innovative and experimental activity. He began his artistic career studying music at the conservatory of Sao Paulo, where he later became a teacher. He then approached literature as an art critic in magazines and newspapers. As a researcher, cultivator and critic he tackled poetry, fiction, music, the fine arts and
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Biography of Konrad Bloch: – An American biochemist of German origin. He moved to the US in 1936 and was a professor at Harvard University. He established cholesterol biosynthesis and demonstrated the importance of this compound in the formation of highly active steroids, such as the genital and adrenal hormones. In 1964 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology, which he shared with the German biochemist Feodor
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Biography of Braulio Foz: – Spanish writer. He intervened actively in the War of Independence and founded Zaragoza in El Eco de Aragon. He is the author of historical treatises and plays, but owes his fame to the novel Vida de Pedro Saputo (1844). Biography of Braulio Foz Born:- 1791, Fórnoles, Spain Died:- 20 April 1865, Borja, Zaragoza, Spain People also search for:- Jesús Cisneros, Antonio Sas, Antonio Peiró Arroyo, Virginia Maza Castán Braulio Foz fought against the
Read MoreBiography of Miguel Fisac Serna
Biography of Miguel Fisac Serna: – He studied architecture at the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM). He graduated in 1942, obtaining the special end of race prize. His early works are from the early 40’s and in them predominated references to traditional and official factors, typical in the Spanish architecture of those years. In the Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Madrid, 1942, these historicist references are lacking
Read MoreBiography of Wassily Leontief
Biography of Wassily Leontief: – American economist who stood out for his theoretical studies and developed the input-output methodology of economic analysis, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1973. Biography of Wassily Leontief Born:- 5 August 1906, Munich, Germany Died:- 5 February 1999, New York City, New York, United States Known:- Input-output analysis Children:- Svetlana Alpers Education:- Humboldt University of Berlin(1925–1928), Saint Petersburg State University, Harvard University Awards:- Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Guggenheim Fellowship
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Biography of Saint Thomas of Aquino:- Son of one of the most influential aristocratic families of southern Italy, he studied in Montecassino, in whose Benedictine monastery his parents wanted him to follow the ecclesiastical career. Later he moved to Naples, where he studied arts and theology and came into contact with the Order of Brother Preachers. Biography of Saint Thomas of Aquino Born:- 1225, Roccasecca, Italy Died:- 7 March 1274, Fossanova Abbey, Italy Feast:- 28
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Biography of Victor Hugo:- French poet, playwright and novelist considered the greatest exponent of Romanticism in his country. Victor Hugo’s childhood was spent in Besançon, except for two years (1811-1812) in which he lived with his family in Madrid, where his father had been appointed general commander. Of early literary vocation, already in 1816 wrote in a school notebook: “I want to be Chateaubriand or nothing”. Biography of Victor Hugo
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